Forgive us for not yet mentioning the earthquake and aftershocks that hit the Dallas-Fort Worth area last night. I’m still not convinced it’s not part of some new, Halloween Fools’ Day tradition. Or… [dum dum dum] is it Barnett Shale related?
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Hmmm. And I thought it was just a figurative earth moving event at that hour.
@ 12:51 pm on October 31, 2008
A series of small earthquakes shook Denver in the 1960s. Because quakes were very rare there, geologists went looking for a cause. They found it in deep-well drilling at Rocky Mountain Arsenal just northeast of the city.
@ 2:14 pm on October 31, 2008
Jody Dean said it was a late night Cowboy practice. It was just Brad Johnson falling back to pass.
two more Saturday morning.
6:53am – 2.5 near Grand Prairie
6:54am – 2.7 near Irving
Cali-dee-eff-dubya?
@ 9:25 am on November 1, 2008
Earthquake hit the Cowboys during their training camp, and look at them this year. I predict the Metroplex itself will go 8-8 and miss the municipality playoffs.
@ 6:16 pm on November 1, 2008
UT’s geology department thinks that oil and gas pumping has been causing earthquakes in south Texas.
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Hmmm. And I thought it was just a figurative earth moving event at that hour.
A series of small earthquakes shook Denver in the 1960s. Because quakes were very rare there, geologists went looking for a cause. They found it in deep-well drilling at Rocky Mountain Arsenal just northeast of the city.
Jody Dean said it was a late night Cowboy practice. It was just Brad Johnson falling back to pass.
ijs…
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_drilling_for_oil_cause_earthquakes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnett_Shale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing
two more Saturday morning.
6:53am – 2.5 near Grand Prairie
6:54am – 2.7 near Irving
Cali-dee-eff-dubya?
Earthquake hit the Cowboys during their training camp, and look at them this year. I predict the Metroplex itself will go 8-8 and miss the municipality playoffs.
UT’s geology department thinks that oil and gas pumping has been causing earthquakes in south Texas.
http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/eq/faq/tx.htm